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The reality of urban housing stretches the limits of imagination in tiny, yet trendy places.

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Shauna Cross pined to live on Sycamore Avenue in historic Hancock Park. She found her dream home in a vintage 1920s six-plex. Drawing from old Hollywood movies, magazines and books, she incorporated her love for the past with what seemed germane to modern life—giving each room its own unique personality. Her advice for living in a small space: "Pretend it's not small!"
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Cross transformed her home with paint and flea market finds. She painted three stripes around the room in different shades of soothing beige. The stripes trick the eyes into seeing a larger space by keeping them moving around the room. Another way to add interest and depth with paint is to add a chair rail and paint a darker color underneath it. Cross' furniture choices also expand the space. All her furniture is on legs and is low to the ground; the space extends beneath the furniture and in the expanded vertical area between the low furniture and the ceiling.


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Guests

Libby Langdon
Designer, Libby Langdon Interior Design
Website: www.libbylangdon.com

Marlon Gobel
Designer, Luxurykills
We apologize no contact information is available.

Craig Olsen
Interior Designer, Bamboo Colony
We apologize no contact information is available.

Mark Montano
Designer, Television Host, Writer
E-mail: markmontanonyc@aol.com
Website: www.markmontano.com

Jonathan Anastas
Marketing Executive
E-mail: janastas@aol.com

Shauna Cross
Screenwriter
E-mail: squirmy@dslextreme.com
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